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It has been more than four years since IBM announced their first quantum computer using 50 qubits or quantum bits. Yet, we haven't come closer to getting a quantum computer that can be practically used. In fact, the quantum computers that we have are not suitable for large-scale usage and cannot match up to the tasks that other forms of technology can achieve effortlessly. Scientists believe that the fault lies in the building block of these quantum computers. Hence, they are working to make the ideal building blocks to…

We already have quantum computers of a sort, but at the moment they're not practical or reliable or large-scale enough to fully realize the massive potential of the technology.  To get closer to that end goal, scientists are working towards what they say could be the ideal building block for a quantum computer.These building blocks are called qubits. Unlike classical computer bits, which store either 1 or 0 at any one time, these qubits can exist in a simultaneous 0 and 1 state, much like the famous Schrödinger thought…

Nvidia recently opened up its 750,000 sq ft Voyager building. Consumer electronics news site CNet enjoyed access to the "colossal new building" which forms a major part of Nvidia's Santa Clara HQ.With the completion of Voyager, joining the similarly impressive Endeavor, the office, meetings, and conference space have effectively been doubled. You may have twigged - yes, these two massive structures are named after Star Trek starships.There was talk of Voyager and Endeavor being joined by a footbridge, wittily named the…

We see a lot of wacky concept vehicles, but few as nutty as Hyundai's Ultimate Utility Vehicles with their robotic stilt legs. And the company is dead serious about building them, too, with a new development and test facility to be built in Montana.The New Horizons Studio will get around US$20 million over the next five years, and will employ about 50 people. Located in Montana State University's Innovation Campus in Bozeman, Montana, it'll be "a unit focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles" – starting…

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a faster, less expensive technique for producing hindered amines – a class of chemicals used as building blocks in products ranging from pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals to detergents and organic light-emitting diodes. The success of the new technique is made possible by two things. First, by using a continuous flow reactor that allows for continuous flow of both gases and liquids in a segmented flow format, the researchers were able to make the kinetics of…

My favorite roguelikes are the ones that give players the tools to break the game. The Binding of Isaac is on the top of that list — I’ve crashed the game too many times to count at this point. Cult of the Lamb is absolutely not one of those games. It’s much tamer. But by combining its own roguelike action with town-building (more cult-building, really) mechanics, it’s already set itself apart. A lamb in a hard place My demo of Cult of the Lamb at PAX East 2022 started with the game’s titular lamb being led to the…

Fortnite — Epic Games' cross-platform battle royale game — has reintroduced building, after it was removed at the start of Chapter Three, Season Two. Building is one of the most notable elements of the free-to-play title, which competes with popular games like Apex Legends, Battlegrounds Mobile India, and Call of Duty: Warzone/ Mobile, neither of which offer building. Epic Games says that gamers will be able to choose between the regular Battle Royale mode that will offer building, and Fortnite: Zero Build that will…